August 15th-17th will be a weekend to remember at Shelter Island Yacht Club as they became the first east coast sailing institution to support the newest and most progressive form of sailing yet– Kitefoiling, which is the addition of a hydrofoil to a kiteboard.

What an incredible end to a great 4 days of racing in Puerto Rico. It was perfect racing conditions most riders on 9-meter kites. Steady wind about 15 to 20 knots and perfect blue skies. The man to beat was Jon “loverboy” Modica. Zack Marks up and comer was on fire today as he was pushing Jon and myself, at times he would be leading the pack!

As the Sailing evaluation came to a close in Santander, Spain there was nothing more than one thing on everyone’s mind. “Kiteboarding” The group of riders from all around the world went above and beyond for the ISAF committee and the sailing world and did an amazing job. Now it is in the hands of everyone out there in our sport. Go to your local sailing clubs and let them know we are here to stay. It is not a matter of if we get in to the Olympics it is WHEN? 2016?

As we walked down to the sailing center at about 8:30am for the morning meeting, the temperature outside was like I was back home in Florida! Blue skies and incredibly warm, A beautiful day! We sat down and spent a few hours in the meeting room talking about new course ideas and fine-tuning courses we had tried. Narrowing it down to three great courses. As the day was looking like there would be no wind we had a gear presentation at the sailing center for everyone to see and ask questions.

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Sports enthusiast - Motivational speaker - spreading love and happiness one person at a time. Grew up ski racing in Vail, Colorado. Moved to Alaska to help run a fly fishing business with my family, became a pilot. Started a career in Kiteboarding which has taken me all over the world. Achieving accomplishments like World Champion, The World Kiteboarder of the Year. I have been on the podium in many different disciplines in our sport from freestyle to course racing, speed, Big Air, and slalom racing. The greatest achievement is the ability to give back to the youth! Recently I was in the opening scene of Baywatch the movie with the "Rock" or Dwayne Johnson. Just striving to be the best person I can and sharing happiness to those around me along the way.